Folding chair or settee



(N0 Model.)

H. J. HARWOOD. FOLDING CHAIR 0R SBTTEE.

Patented June 11, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT JOSEPH HARl/VOOD, OF LITTLETON, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARWVOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING CHAIR OR SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,836, dated June 11, 1889. Application filed January 12, 1889. Serial No. 295,923. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT J OSEPH HAR- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Littleton, in the county of Middlesex and State of lvlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Chairs or Sottees; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled IO in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom-,

panying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

[5 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a folding chair or settee as made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical and transverse section of it on line 1 1 of Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a vertical and transverse section of it on said line 1 1, showing the parts in a folded state. Fig. 4 is an inner side View, and Fig. 5 a vertical section, of the friction-hinge by which the seat is connected and pivoted to the posts of the chair or settee. Fig. 6 is an inner side view, and Fig. 7 a vertical section,

of the bracket of the hinge, showing a modification in its construction and way of applying it to the chair-seat.

The nature of my invention is defined in 0 the claims hereinafter presented.

The settee shown in Fig. 1 has three supports A A A, which constitute the front legs of it, and also in their upper part form the side portions of the frame for sustaining the 5 backs B B, said supports being shown as connected below the seats by a bar 0, although this bar may be dispensed with. Pivoted between and to the supports A A at a are the pieces D, which form the rear legs, and also 40 the supports for the seat F when down in position for use, said pieces near their lower ends being connected together by a bar E. The legs of the chair or settee are held from spreading apart beyond a certain distance by a flexible or jointed connection 1), arranged at a suitable distance below the pivot a and secured at its ends to them, so as not to interfere with the folding of the chair. Pivoted to and near the top of each of the pieces D at c is the lower end of a link G, also pivoted at its upper end at d to an ear projecting down from an arm-rest H, hinged at e to the front edge of each of the supports A.

Each seat-frame F is connected to the supports A by a friction-hinge K, that part of it 5 which is secured to opposite sides of the seatframe consisting of a bracket f, provided with two rests g to bear against the under side of the seat-frame, and a pin h, the latter being forced into a hole made to receive it in the side edges of said seat-frame, as shown in Fig.

5. A headed bolt or screw 2', passing through the supports A and the hole It in the bracket, and also through washers Z m, extends through a nut-lock n and screws into a not 0, arranged in a socket in the lock corresponding in shape to the nut. The said nut-lock has a prong p, the point of which enters the support A and holds the said lock in position while the bolt i is being turned in its nut to create thenec- 7o essary friction of the washers Z m on the bracket to prevent the seat while being turned down for use from striking forcibly on the pieces D, and thus avoid much of the noise incident to pivoted chair or settee seats unprovided with friction-hinges. WVhen the seat or its frame is not of sufficient thickness to receive the pin h, I construct the bracket f as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and secure itby screws or rivets to the under side of the seat or its frame.

Pivoted to the seat-frame is a folding hatsupporter L, it consisting of two bails r of wire, formed as shown, and provided with a stop 3 to keep the hat in position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. These bails are sprung into holes in the seatrframe, and are made to bear in them wit-h sufficient friction to hold the bails within the seat-frame when turned against the under side of the seat, as 9c shown in Fig. 8. When turned out to receive a hat, the bends r bear against the side bars of the seat-frame and sustain the bails in position, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of the supports A, 0011- stituting the sides of the back frame and also the front legs, the seat arranged between and pivoted to said supports, the pieces D, con- IOO stituting the rear legs and also supports for the seat, connected to each other by the bar E and pivoted to the supports A, the bar E, the links G, pivoted to the seat-supports and to arms H, the arms II, hinged to the supports A, and the connection 1), secured to the legs, all substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the supports A, constituting the sides of the back frame and also the front legs, the seat arranged between and pivoted to said supports, the friction-hinges K at the pivots the pieces D, connected by the bar E and constituting the rear legs and also supports for the seat and pivoted to the supports A, the bar E, and the connection I), secured to thelegs, all substantially as shown and described.

3. The friction hinge consisting of the bracket provided with the rests g, pin 71 and hole 76, the nut-lock having the prong and 11nt-socket,the bolt and nut and Washer Z, combined with the'seat and supports A, all 20 essentially as shown and set forth.

In testimony whereof I a'llix my signature in presence of two witnesse.

HERBERT JOSEPH llAR-VVOOD.

Vitnesses:

N. PIPER, JoHN W. TU'r'rLE. 

